The character Roger Chillingworth (Prynne) had a great impact on the novel, The Scarlet Letter, Hester Prynne, Reverend Dimmesdale, and the community as a whole, would have changed drastically he Chillingworth really died. This short story is just my opinion on what could have happened.

To get a little background on the story, the story is taking place in a Puritan colony in New England. Hester Prynne has committed the act of adultery, and is now pregnant; she is brought before the community.

The community officials decided that she should be banished from the community. They also branded her with the letter, “A” which stood for adulteress this way all in the Puritan society would know the sinful act that she has committed. There was a unique characteristic about the “A”; it was a deep scarlet. This was unusual because the society in this day wore gray, bland, boring colors. This characteristic ma

My thought is if we take out Chillingworth we might as well change the whole story, he played such a major part in the novel. He was the evil that ultimately drove Dimmesdale to repentance. He also in a way drove Hester to proclaim that he was Pearl’s father, since she couldn’t stand to see Dimmesdale be tortured. My version is an alternate ending, but not nearly as good as the real thing. Chillingworth is an important character and the book isn’t the same without him.

kes the letter stand out all the more.

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Within the community there was a local pastor, Reverend Dimmesdale, whose church was the very one Hester Prynne attended before she was banished. Reverend Dimmesdale was also the one with whom Hester bore Pearl. The situation was very uncomfortable between them. They both had some decisions to make. Hester had to decide weather or not to tell who Pearl’s father was or to be the only one to

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